"Real power in the music industry is having trust -- that you can make a decision and people will follow," says manager Braun, who is among the most successful young leaders to the business, boasting big-ticket music clients (Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande), savvy tech investments and recent incursions into TV (as executive producer of CBS' Scorpion). Braun's Beverly Hills-based SB Projects has grown tenfold in the last three years by building a team of managers and brand experts focused on collaboration and positivity (staff barbecues and happy hours are de rigueur). 

FAVORITE 2014 ACCOMPLISHMENT: "Hands down, getting married [to wife Yael, co-founder of F- Cancer] and finding out we're going to have a child."

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